Howlin vetoes Croke Park II revisit
Mr Howlin reiterated that the Government’s financial target of €300m in savings this year and €1bn over the next three years will be achieved whether the public service committee of Irish Congress of Trade Unions backs it or not.
“The deal is the deal. That is on the table,” he said. “We have the data as to what is demonstrably fair. We need €300m. Time is running on that. There is no time for people talking of “we will put pressure on this” or “we will lobby on that”. We also are in a process of renegotiating deals. It is happening right now in Dublin Castle and Michael Noonan is involved in that. Part of that is the confidence that we have built up that we can do these things.”
